Wilbur was more blessed than he ever expected to be. He had a broad family at the farm, with his late friend Charlotte's children, followed by her subsequent descendants, and Templeton and his, and all the barn yard animals, along with the Zuckermans, and Fern and her family. Wilbur would not have even survived his first winter, had it not been for his savior, Charlotte A. Cavatica. Oh, he loved and enjoyed the company of her so much, and her wisdom. She used this wisdom to play a trick on farmer Homer Zuckerman, by writing words of praise in her web for all to see.
The people who saw said it must have been a miracle. And they were right, without even realizing it. Zuckerman had planned originally to kill Wilbur for Christmas that winter. But thanks to Charlotte, that would never happen. He got to live a full, ripe age.
Wilbur had come to the end of his days. With Charlotte's latest descendants at his side, along with the descendants of the original animals who were there when Zuckerman purchased him, he lay down and went to sleep for the final time. Wilbur woke. He was at the Zuckerman farm. He realized he had the energy he had as a young pig again. He no longer felt stiff as in his old age.
He glanced around. He recognized his old friends who had passed on! Looking healthy and young again as they had in his earliest days at the Zuckerman farm. "Welcome, Wilbur," they chorused. "You've joined us." "Hey, everyone!" Wilbur exclaimed delightedly.
He was greeted by his friends the Ram, the Goose, Templeton, all of Charlotte's descendants who had passed on. Then he heard a voice greet him: "Hello, Wilbur. Good to see you again!" He turned, and to his delight, there stood Charlotte. She was healthy again as he remembered her. "Charlotte?!" Wilbur exclaimed.
"Yes, that's right. We're reunited." Wilbur glanced in the water in the trough. His reflection was young again, just as when he and Charlotte first met. He turned to Charlotte again and jumped up in a backward flip in elation as the love light embraced them both. They knew they'd never have to be parted again this time.
Back on the farm, Mr. and Mrs. Zuckerman, Lurvy, the Arables, their daughter Fern and her husband and children, and their son Avery, and his wife and children, attended a funeral service for Wilbur. "He was a fine pig," Mr. Zuckerman said. "Taught me more than I could imagine." Fern spoke next.
"He was the best part of my early childhood," she recalled. "He has a special place in my heart forever." She sighed. "Rest well," she said, glancing upward. You and your friends are reunited, she thought.
Wilbur and Charlotte were side by side, catching up. "I've missed you so much," Wilbur said. "I know. But I knew you'd eventually join me," Charlotte replied. "Thank you for caring for my children and descendants."
"Oh, I could not love and protect them. What you did for me, I knew I'd have to do for them." "The cycle of love," Charlotte replied.
